Last December, West Virginia turned to its relatively recent past when hiring a head football coach, bringing in former Mountaineers coach Rich Rodriguez, 17 years after he left his alma mater for Michigan. Now, Rodriguez is bringing arguably the most famous player from his first West Virginia tenure back with him to Morgantown. Former Mountaineers star quarterback Pat White is …

UNLV football offensive lineman Ben Christman has died at the age of 21, the university announced on Wednesday. UNLV announced the passing of Christman, who was found dead in an off-campus apartment Tuesday morning, on the program’s X (formerly Twitter) account Wednesday afternoon. He transferred to UNLV from Kentucky this offseason for the final year of his eligibility. UNLV’s press …

In the weeks immediately after defeating Notre Dame and winning the 2024 College Football Playoff championship, Ohio State underwent significant, sweeping changes to its coaching staff, with Chip Kelly leaving to be the Las Vegas Raiders offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator Jim Knowles taking the same role at Penn State, where he’ll be the highest-paid assistant coach in college football. …

Spring football as we know it might be nearing its end across college football. Several programs plan to eliminate public spring games this offseason, and prominent coaches are campaigning to transform the allotted 15 days of practices into NFL-style organized team activities in June or July. The idea is nothing new, but it is gaining traction. Sources told CBS Sports …

The Georgia Bulldogs enter the 2025 spring with a significant amount of roster turnover. Georgia lost a number of key contributors in the trenches to the NFL draft and quarterback Carson Beck exited via the transfer portal. Georgia’s new starters and key depth players could certainly use the experience of playing in spring game in front of a home crowd …

Rich RodriguezA+You can go home again! One of the grandfathers of the zone read spread returns to his alma mater and a place he coached from 2001-2007. Rodriguez will bring a sense of nostalgia and possibility to a program that is dying for a sniff of the old days. Rodriguez, 61, is literally the embodiment of those old days. Barry …

Ohio State football’s search for the next defensive coordinator to replace Jim Knowles appears to be at an end. Originally reported by ESPN’s Pat Thamel and later confirmed by an OSU spokesman, the Buckeyes have hired former NFL head coach and Super Bowl-winning defensive coordinator, Matt Patricia. We are still waiting for an official press release from the university. As …

Getty Images Ohio State is finalizing a deal to hire former NFL coach Matt Patricia as its new defensive coordinator, ESPN reports. The Buckeyes had been searching for a replacement after Jim Knowles departed for the same role at Penn State. CBS Sports’/247Sports’ Matt Zenitz reported Wednesday that Ohio State had hosted Patricia for a meeting previously.  The 50-year-old Patricia hasn’t coached …

Head coach Arryn Chenault is out as the Little Miami football coach. Arryn Chenault is out as head football coach at Little Miami after one season with the program. Little Miami was 1-10 last season. The team hasn’t had a winning season since joining the Eastern Cincinnati Conference in 2020. The Panthers had three in a row from 2017-19 while …

USATSI UNLV offensive lineman Ben Christman was found dead in an off-campus apartment Tuesday morning, according to a statement from the school. Christman was 21-years-old.  “Our team’s heart is broken to hear of Ben’s passing,” coach Dan Mullen said. “Since the day Ben set foot on our campus a month ago, he made the Rebels a better program. Ben was …

Ohio State is in the process of hiring Matt Patricia, a longtime assistant and head coach in the NFL, as its defensive coordinator, a source told The Dispatch. Patricia, who was the head coach for the Detroit Lions from 2018-20 after more than a decade as an assistant with the New England Patriots, is to replace Jim Knowles, who left …

The Oklahoma Sooners must improve by leaps and bounds on offense in 2025 after their 2024 offense was the worst we’d seen in Norman since 1998. OU had the best defense they’d had in a long, long time last season, but the offense was so broken that the Sooners went just 6-7. Head coach Brent Venables can’t survive a third …

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Departing Colorado football safety Shilo Sanders quietly logged an impressive stat at last month’s East-West Shrine Bowl. As reported by Shrine Bowl director of football operations and player personnel Eric Galko, Sanders recorded the highest max acceleration of any defender in the game at 6.39 yards per second squared. He did so while backtracking to break up a pass from …

Next season is going to be a transitional year for the Oregon Ducks football team with a lot of new faces at important positions will be in place. Transitional doesn’t mean the Ducks need to sacrifice the success they’ve enjoyed recently. According to On3.com, a pair of Oregon Ducks are primed to have breakout seasons in 2025. Quarterback Dante Moore, …